● Ward III (Tribeca) - Custom cocktails? They know what you like.
● Piccola Cucina (Soho) - Studio apartment-sized space, but there’s nothing small about the flavors.
● DBGB Kitchen & Bar (East Village) - This ain’t no Mudd Club or CBGB. Boulud classes up the Bowery with a tavern/brasserie.

● Blockley Pourhouse and Mary Oaks (Fairmont & Art Museum) - Former insane asylum becomes pub and performance space. State-of-the-art security becomes state-of-the-art sound system.

● Destination Bar & Grille (East Village) - Boys Room’s prime EVill location given over to a competent, if somewhat generic, bar/lounge.
● Ajaxx (Midtown West) - High atop the Stay Hotel, Greg Brier labors to make Times Square cool again.

● Zinc Caïus (Etoile-Porte Maillot) - A modest bistro for the post-bling 16th arrondissement. 
● Chez Moune (Pigalle) - A newly-cool club for the SoPi set.

● Warren 77 (Tribeca) - Sean Avery and Beatrice bloodlines make this spot about as trendy as sports bars get.
● Aldea (Union Square) - The Portuguese fine dining of the future, available today.

● Studio Square (Astoria) - Ginormous outdoor paradise doubling your association of beer gardens and Astoria.
● Scores New York (Chelsea) - Gents club rises from its own ashes to disrobe once again.

● Mayahuel (East Village) - Tequila temple where patrons pay homage to the Goddess of agave.

● Dossier (Brooklyn South) - Dossier magazine puts their money where their mouth is.
● Reniassance New York Hotel 57 (Midtown East) - Hotel and brand undergo boutique transformation.
● Hudson Terrace (Midtown West) - Rooftop pleaser for drunk summer afternoons.

● SalonTea (Upper East Side) - Tea connoisseur Tracy Stern’s upscale tea bar to get your herb on.
● Montenapo (Midtown West) - Milanese Italian from BiCE boys in New York Times lobby.
● Bohemian (NoHo) - So secret and exclusive you shouldn’t even be reading this.

● Griffin (Meatpacking District) - Former PM relaunching as hotspot fueled by NYC nostalgia.
● Dutch Kills (Long Island City) - Modern-day antique saloon from New York’s cocktail kings.
● Bar 675 (Meatpacking District) - Basement rec room goes for casual chic.